Washtub.



PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

A. THOUROT. WASHTUB. APPLICATION FILED 11111.11. 1904.

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WASHTUBll Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial No. 188,565.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHONSE THoURotr, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Union Hill, (W'eehawken post-oiiice,) in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washtubs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a non-leakable washtub in single formation provided with one or more compartments and to construct the frame of the tub in sections adapted to be conveniently and expeditiously connected by bolts and nuts or their equivalents, the sections being so shaped as to receive and hold an outer-covering of cement or other plastic material, which effectually conceals all connecting mediums and cornpletely closes all interstices or joints.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a washtub-frame of economic and durable construction and one which can be transported in sections and readily set up wherever desired.

rIhe invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

`Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tub set up in a room, a portion of the outer cover being broken away to disclose the body of the tub. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the tub, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the tub, taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

A represents the back section of the frame of the tub; B, the front section; C, the end sections, and D the bottom section. All of these sections are constructed of metal, preferably sheet metal, as thin as possible consistent with strength. The back section A is more or less straight; but the front section B of the tubframe, as is usual, is inclined downwardly and rearwardly to a greater or a lesser degree. Each section of the tub-frame, with the exception of the bottom section, is provided with an upper outwardly-extending horizontal iiange 10, provided with an inwardly-extending subflange 1.1 at the outer longitudinal edge of the main fiange 10, and the subiiange 11 of each section is preferably inclined more or less downwardly as well as inwardly, as is shown in all of the views.

Eachsection of the tub-frame exclusive of the bottom section is provided with a bottom outwardly-extending horizontal flange 12, and the bottom section 4D of the tub-frame is of sufficient dimensions to extend to the outer edges of the bottom ianges 12 of the front, rear, and end sections of the tub-frame when the various sections are assembled.

The front and the rear sections A and B of the tub-frame are provided at their ends with outwardly-extending flanges or ears 13, which are at right angles to the body of such sections, as shown in positive lines in Fig. l and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the end sections C of the tub-frame are of suiiicient length to extend to the outer edges of the end flanges or ears 13 of the rear and the front sections A and B of the tub-frame. The end sections C are secured to the end ianges or ears 13 of the rear and front sections of the tub-frame by means of bolts 14, and the bottom iianges 12 of the rear, front, and end sections of the tub-frame are secured to the bottom section D by means of suitable bolts and nuts 15, as is clearly shown in Fig. l.

Legs 16 of any suitable construction are se.-

cured to the bottom section D of the frame of the tub. When the sections of the tub-frame have been assembled and secured in place, the tub-frame is given an outer covering or coating E, of cement or other plastic material, and this coating or outer covering vE extends to the outer edge of the upper flanges 10 of the several upper sections of the body of the tub-frame and flush with the outer edges of the lower flanges 12 of said upper sections, thereby giving a Hush and linished appearance to the exterior of the tub, which outer' plastic surface E may be decorated as fancy may dictate.

When the tub is to have two or more compartments-two, for example-as is illustrated in the drawings, the body of the tub is divided by a partition 17, which is likewise made of metal, preferably of the same thickness as that constituting the body portion of the tub-frame, but the partition 17 is inverted- U shape, being closed at the top and open at the bottom, and the bottom portion of the partition 17 rests upon the bottom section D of the body of the tub-frame, while the upper portion of the said partition 17 is just beneath the line of the iianges 10, extending from the back, front, and ends of the tub-frame, al-

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though the upper portion of the partition 17 may be flush with the upper edges of the Jfront and the back sections of the tub-frame, if so desired.

The partition 17 is provided in both sides near its upper edge with apertures 18, adapted to take the overiow from the compartments of the tub, and the said partition 17 isvprovided at its bottom portion with lugs 19, which extend out through openings 20, produced in the front and back sections of the body of the tub-frame, and with upper lugs 21, which extendout through openings in the upper portions of the front and back sections of the body of the tub-frame just below the upper flanges 10 of said sections, asis shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Each compartment of the tub is provided with an outlet-opening 22 in its bottomadapted to receive a stopper, and the branches of an oiftale-pipe 23 enter the saidloutlet-openings 22, as is shown in Fig. 2. From-the said oftake-pipe 23a branch pipe 24 is carried upward between the members of theV partition 17, terminating at its upper end ina tubular head 25, open at both ends, which headengages with the inner walls of the members of the partition at the apertures 18 thereof, so that the overflow from the compartments of the tub will pass through the said apertures 15S-into the branch pipe 24 and from thence down to the oiItake-pipe 23.

The inside of the tub is usually provided with a coating 26 of enamel or of any other suitable substance; but this coating may-be dispensed with, if so desired.y

It will be understood that a tub-frame constructed as above setforth is exceedingly simple, durable, and economic and that it can be transported in sections and-readily set up,- by any person havingknowledge of the art, in a thoroughly waterproof manner and that the tub when complete will have all the appeari ance of a tub made in one piece. Furthermore, a tub constructed as shown will-withstand great strain and very hard usage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A tub consisting of a metal body con- -structed in sections,.rneans for connecting the sections, longitudinal iianges at the topand bottom of the sections, and a plastic coating on the outside of the tub located and'held be tween the said fianges, as described. l

2. In a tub, front, rear, end and bottom metal sections, upper anges for the front,

rear and end sections, provided with downwardly and inwardly extending auxiliary flanges, outwardly-extending horizontal bottom langes for the said front, rear and end sections, meeting in flat engagement with the bottom section around its margin, and fastening devices for said bottom lianges.

3. In awashtub, the combination with Jfront andrear sections having apertures, of a hollow partition, closed at the top and provided with lugs which extend through said apertures, substantially as set forth.

4. A washtub having front, rear, bottom and en'd sections, the front, rear and end sections being provided with outwardly-extending horizontal upper lianges and auxiliary downwardly and inwardly directed ianges at the outer edges of the mainupper iianges, together with outwardly-extending horizontal lower flanges and outwardly-extending anges on the ends of the front and rear sections,

which latter flanges vmeet the end sections, as' -tening devices between the end sections and saidlatter flanges, and devices connecting said bottom flanges with the bottom section, as set for-th.

5. In a washtub `having front and rear sides provided with apertures, a hollow transverse partition closed atl the top and open at the bottom, the bottom portionresting on the bottom of the tub, the said-partition having lugs near its lower side extending through said apertures.-

6. In a washtub having front and rear sides provided withupper and lower apertures and also provided with upper and lower ianges, a hollow transverse partition closed at its top and having on its edges lugs extending through said` lower apertures, and at its top having projections extending through 4the upper apertures, underneath the Lipper flanges.

7. A washtub comprising front, rear, end and bottom sections, the front and rear sections having apertures about midway thereof, an outer covering of cement for said front, rear and end sections, and a hollow partition, closed at the top -and provided with lugs which extend out through the openings inthe front and rear sections into the cement cover-ing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the 4presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

ALPHONSE THOUROT.

Witnesses:

C. E. HoLsKn, ELIZABETH C. NInLsoN.

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